Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate

(in 3,162 products)

1. Antistatic Agent - Reduces or eliminates the build up of static electricity.

2. Emulsifier - Allows water and oils to remain mixed together to form an emulsion.

3. Surfactant - Reduces the surface tension to allow mixtures to be formed evenly. Emulsifier is a specific type of surfactant which allows two liquids to mix together evenly

4. Viscosity Controlling Agent - Maintains or alters the thickness of a liquid, mostly used in cosmetics

Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate, also known as sarkosyl, is an anionic surfactant derived from sarcosine used as a foaming and cleansing agent in shampoo, shaving foam, toothpaste, and foam wash products. It can clean skin and hair by mixing with oil and dirt and enabling them to be rinsed away. It also has the ability to enhance the appearance and feel of hair by improving body, suppleness and sheen, especially for physically or chemically damaged hair.

Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate was used as a special ingredient called Gardol which used in Colgate toothpaste for cavity reduction in 1950s. [2]

1. PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23668817

2. 2) Colgate Dental Cream with Gardol advertisement in Life Magazine, May 29, 1963 page 4. https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pkwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Colgate+gardol&source=bl&ots=sSpsbHUgmj&sig=HvlPCE6USXaY1TA6b7AUqdEEzWk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DgDTVL-9LMKeggSQ9oDoBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Colgate%20gardol&f=false

1. South Korea - Ministry of Food and Drug Safety - Prohibited/Restricted Chemicals

- Ref: 1250

2. Japan - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare - Restricted Ingredients

- Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate

3. EU Approved Food Additive [2018]

- Indirect Additives used in Food Contact Substances

- §175.105

- §177.1200

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